A Nobunny LP can be an unpredictable thing. Maybe he'll make hooky garage with a drum machine like he did on Love Visions. Perhaps he'll go full-on hardcore aggro like he did with the MaximumRocknRoll 7". He could stand to do a full album of pop gems like "La La La La Love You". On Secret Songs, he does a little bit of everything, and he does it with a full band. It's some of his best work yet, churning out powerful bubblegum tracks like "Rotten Sweet Tooth" and Hasil Adkins worship on "Do the Stooge". "Bye Bye Roxie" opens the album with lyrics about heartbreak and getting high, and it does it with a persistent, catchy hook.

"Baby, I want to WALK YOUR FUCKIN' DOG," Cuntz scream at the end of their 44-second song "Dog". Trust: You don't want to let this band anywhere near your dog. Solid Mates is the second offering from the Melbourne punks this year—it follows Aloha, an album that's just as thuggish and intimidating as their new one. Both records were released on the Melbourne label Homeless Records. On "Hammer", they unleash these frenetic, unstable guitar solos. They introduce several songs with enormous waves of feedback, like "Beef Week". This is maniacal music, unpredictable and chaotic.

After the Texas trio Harlem released Hippies, the band splintered off in three different directions. Michael Coomer started Lace Curtains (whose Garden of Joy and the Well of Lonelinessis supremely underrated), Curtis O'Mara formed Grape St. (who just released a new album earlier this year), and now, bassist Jose Boyer has Las Rosas. The band formed earlier this year and had some demos posted up on their Bandcamp, and now, Burger has released their debut tape. "Black Cherry" features the drive of Harlem's best songs. The track's luminous, moon-eyed pop vibes are delivered with authority and muscle, recalling some of the most exciting work by Shannon and the Clams. It's definitely a promising debut.

The title track of Singles Don't $ell starts out with a ragged, raucous drive that's commonplace on most garage punk records. Then, Toronto's Teenanger take a left turn and implement a gauzy guitar sound that's more typical of Merchandise. The LP is full of moments where the band seem to pivot away from what's expected. They're not afraid to embark on lengthier instrumental jams, but their nasal vocals are spat out with punk fury.

Spain's Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! released a criminally overlooked, thrilling garage LP in 2009 called ¡¡¡Viven!!!. With that record, they poised themselves as apostles of the Nuggets era. On Todo Roto, they cement their reputation as 1960s rock revivalists by opening with a Spanish-language cover of the Kinks' "Time Will Tell". "Todo Lo Voy a Romper" is fascinating as its own piece, as vocalist Juanito lends his abrasive, gnarly growl to the song. Later, they take a note from the Black Lips' playbook and cover Jacques Dutronc. Their melodies and use of organ peg this as an homage to a different time. But there's also plenty of danger: Ripping guitar solos, screaming gutter-inhabiting vocals, and a decidedly stabby album cover.